// This example is from the book _JavaScript: The Definitive Guide_.    
// Written by David Flanagan.  Copyright (c) 1996 O'Reilly & Associates.
// This example is provided WITHOUT WARRANTY either expressed or implied.
// You may study, use, modify, and distribute it for any purpose.        

// This is another version of the add_to_totals() function.  It doesn't
// work, through, because instead of changing the array itself, it tries to 
// change the reference to the array
function add_to_totals2(totals, x)
{
    newtotals =index.html new Array(3);
    newtotals[0] = totals[0] + x;
    newtotals[1] = totals[1] + x;
    newtotals[2] = totals[2] + x;
    totals = newtotals;  // this line has no effect outside of the function.
}